Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Mount Ephraim has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 3.7 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 43.7 in Jersey City. 741 jobs are based in Mount Ephraim for 2,399 working residents. Mount Ephraim grades B for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Mount Ephraim: the gist
The better-paid jobs are outside Mount Ephraim
68% of Mount Ephraim residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 43% of the jobs based in Mount Ephraim pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Mount Ephraim are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 31 across New Jersey. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical New Jersey worker. Time on the road ↓
Most Mount Ephraim residents work close to home
65% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
35% of the jobs based in Mount Ephraim are held by workers 29 or younger, against 19% of Mount Ephraim’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
Mount Ephraim empties out on a workday
About 3,100 people are in Mount Ephraim on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than the 4,700 who live here: 2,300 head out to work and 680 come in. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Jobs & income in Mount Ephraim: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mount Ephraim is better than 62% of U.S. towns, #358 of 468 in New Jersey. Job access by car holds Mount Ephraim’s grade up (ahead of 97% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mount Ephraim could be anywhere from C+ to A.
The kinds of work in Mount Ephraim
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Ephraim, 2013 → 2023: 791 → 741. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mount Ephraim’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes each way for Mount Ephraim’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Ephraim workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,044 commuters (the 19% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Mount Ephraim goes to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The daily flow of workers through Mount Ephraim
On a workday 2,336 residents head out to work, 63 work right here, and 678 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,100 people are in Mount Ephraim on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
12% of working residents work in Philadelphia
Where Mount Ephraim clocks in
12% of workers
7% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Mount Ephraim is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mount Ephraim is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns, #184 of 468 in New Jersey. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 5.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 13.2% across New Jersey.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,511 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 60% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 79% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.0% of Mount Ephraim households have no vehicle (New Jersey 11.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 6% of Mount Ephraim’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,867 U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,400, Mount Ephraim comes 1,571st on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| 6 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Hainesport Township NJ | 6,197 | $143K | 2.1% | 0.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,569 | Norwich NY | 3,499 | $63K | 4.3% | 0.7% | 15% | B |
| 1,570 | Mill Bay AK | 3,654 | $89K | 9.0% | 0.0% | — | B |
| 1,571 | Mount Ephraim NJ | 4,716 | $80K | 10.5% | 5.6% | 3% | B |
| 1,572 | Pen Argyl PA | 3,468 | $76K | 15.7% | 1.7% | 4% | B |
| 1,573 | Sherman Township MI | 3,462 | $83K | 5.4% | 3.4% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,867 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Mount Ephraim, the top three, the last and three more from New Jersey.
How Mount Ephraim compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Ephraim workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ephraim | – | B | A | 23 min | $79,804 |
| Bellmawr | under 3% | B+ | A | 24 min | $76,654 |
| Audubon | under 3% | A | A+ | 26 min | $115,789 |
| Haddon Township | under 3% | A− | A+ | 25 min | $115,298 |
| Gloucester City | under 3% | C+ | A+ | 23 min | $64,938 |
| Haddon Heights | under 3% | A | A | 24 min | $133,125 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mount Ephraim’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Mount Ephraim: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Ephraim?
$79,804 (±$18,058) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Ephraim?
10.5%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Ephraim?
23 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Ephraim work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Philadelphia (12%, 9 mi), Camden (7%, 4 mi), Cherry Hill Township (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mount Ephraim walkable?
Mount Ephraim is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 14.9 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mount Ephraim without a car?
6% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 60% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Ephraim, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Ephraim
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.